Studied Engineering at Polytechnic and Architectonical Designs at Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam (the Netherlands).
Worked for several architectural firms, including Kho Liang Ie Associates in Amsterdam (the Netherlands) and Studio Hunziker in Lugano (Switserland). Dealt with all aspects of the profession: from design to implementation and from private homes to office buildings. Designed for 2000Cities, a virtual city on the Internet.
Went back to designing for the tangible world and the small scale of furniture.
Frans Willigers is a furniture designer in Amsterdam. He also teaches at Royal Academy of Arts in The Hague, the Netherlands.
